Following a positive leadership transition earlier this year, the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation this month welcomed a slate of new members to its board of directors. “We are more determined than ever to provide high impact, sustainable support to the public schools of Sonoma Valley,”... Continue

UPDATED: The Sonoma Valley Hospital will wait until after the June 6 parcel tax vote to move on selling its vacant 2.83-acre lot bordering MacArthur Avenue. The original deadline to submit proposals to sell all or part South Lot was April 15. With a unanimous vote... Continue

The La Luz Center board of directors has elected two new members, Arleen Curry and Heather McCulloch. “These new board members add invaluable skills and experience to La Luz’s team,” said Chair Marcelo Defreitas. “This is a critical and very challenging time for La Luz... Continue

The Sonoma Valley Library Advisory Board is currently accepting applications for a local teenager, in grades 9-12, to apply to become a member. The advisory board is a citizen committee that serves to advise the Library Commission on issues affecting the library here in the... Continue

The Sonoma County Sheriff and the Sonoma Police Department invite participation in The Sonoma Valley Citizen's Academy, a seven-week program designed to give participants an overview of law enforcement policies and procedures. The academy is in session April 19 through May 24 every Wednesday evening... Continue

At its meeting of March 23, 2017, during the public comment period at the very end of the meeting, a member of the public, Mr. Bill Jasper, came to the podium to ask if the commission had received his letter regarding concerns about a land... Continue

In 15 years, only three student films from Sonoma Valley High School have been chosen to be part of the Sonoma Valley International Film Festival. One of those is from senior Owen Summers, whose film “The Magic Beans” was selected to be in the Festival this year.... Continue

An earlier era in the history of El Verano, that of a resort community with geothermal spas like the neighboring ‘Springs’ towns, emerges as work begins on a long-empty building on Verano Avenue, at Willow. The corner was last occupied by a tavern of sorts,... Continue